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This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
The Royal Navy is the principal naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces.Its assets include both commissioned warships and non-commissioned vessels. As of December 2024, there are 62 commissioned and active ships in the Royal Navy.
Altogether over 13,000 ships have been in service with the Royal Navy. [ 1 ] Unlike many other naval services, the Royal Navy designates certain types of shore establishment (e.g. barracks , naval air stations and training establishments ) as "ships" and names them accordingly.
HMS Ajax(1798) an Ajax-class ship of the line that served in the Napoleonic Wars. HMS Ajax is a Third-rate ship which formed the majority of the Royal Navy's ships of the line at that time. Ships of the line were the main ships used in naval battles at the time.
royal yachts; ships of the line; submarines; support ships; survey vessels; shore establishments; hospitals and hospital ships; air stations; aircraft wings; fleets and major commands; squadrons and flotillas; early English ships (1409–1660) early Scots ships (1329–1707)
List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy; List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy; List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy; List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy; List of monitors of the Royal Navy; List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy (includes minesweepers and mine hunters) List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names ...
Royal Navy ships in commission are prefixed since 1789 with His Majesty's Ship (or "Her Majesty's Ship", when the monarch is a queen), abbreviated to "HMS"; for example, HMS Beagle. Submarines are styled HM Submarine, also abbreviated "HMS".
Category for individual articles only on Royal Navy ship classes, not sub-categories for Royal Navy ship classes, which list individual ships of each class. For such sub-categories of ship classes, look under categories by type of Royal Navy craft. See also: Category:Lists of Royal Navy ships by type for more detail of classes and operational ...